Find me at Strathearn Art Walk next Saturday. This is the second largest art walk in Edmonton and includes over 300 artists. This Art Walk is pet friendly. There also are food and drink vendors and a Beer Garden; enjoy a Saturday in this large park before it gets really cold outside again. I’m not sure where my spot is yet – hope you can fine me!

Exhibit: Nature in Black and White

This exhibit contains black and white watercolour flowers and creatures that Vero has painted over the years. A large number of these pieces were painted on location at Art Walk. The colour pallet of these pieces is limited to force the viewer to see the subject in a different way. As with Vero’s mixed media pieces, these works also focus heavily on texture. This is the most evident in the fuzzy bee paintings.

The recently released music video “Wandering On” for local Edmonton band Sudden Love featured a trench coat filled with pies during it’s climax. The main character in the video chases his old self and is forced to confront his former pie addiction.

Pies Revealed

Pies in Trench Coat

Decision Moment

When I was creating this video, I felt the trench coat with pies was an important image to try to communicate that pie is a drug in the world of this story. However, due to our timeline and budget I was unable to order order fake pies online. So, I made four fake pies in a week.

The materials: my usual default of pink foam and acrylic paint.

Complete Pumpkin Pie

Lemon Meringue Pie

Cherry Pie

Apple Pie

Initial Steps in Pie Creation: Foam Shaping

Research and print images of what pies look like

Cut pie sized cylinders out of the pink foam

Carve the pink form to look like pie pieces

Sand the pink foam pie peices

Cutting Foam

Craving Pie Pieces

Sanding the Foam Pie Pieces

Sanding Pie Pieces

Second Steps in Pie Creation: Initial Paint Layers

Prime them with white acrylic paint

Paint the base colours

Paint on more details

Use art chalk pastels to add mat detailing

Primed Pie Pieces

1st Coat of paint

2nd Coat of Paint

3rd Coat of Paint

4th layer – Chalk

Final Steps in Pie Creation: Details and Attachement

Prepare the pie tin with holes and thread for attachment to trench coat

Hot-glue pie pieces to pie tins

Use acrylic gel and paint to create fake pie sauce

Paint any more details

Use more art chalk pastels to add more mat detailing

Use more acrylic gel to glaze the pies

Attach to trench coat with sawing thread and glue dots

5th Layer of Paint

Lemon Meringue Pie

Cherry Pie

Pumpkin Pie

Apple Pie

Complete Pies

This was a fun process, and I really enjoy making props. I hope this blog post was informative! For another example of making a prop out of foam please see my fake sword blog post. I go into more detail about sanding in it, and talk about a different painting method.